A gritty thriller set in modern-day Nigeria
Weston Kogi, a police officer in a supermarket in London, returns to his home in West Africa for his aunt’s funeral. After catching up with his family, his ex-girlfriend Nana, and an old schoolmate over good food and plenty of beer, it seems like a bit of harmless hyperbole to tell people he works as a homicide detective. But when he his kidnapped by separate rebel factions to investigate the murder of a local hero, Papa Busi, Weston soon finds out that solving the crime may tip the country into civil war. A noir novel set in the blazing sunlight of the tropics, Making Wolf is an outrageous, frightening, violent, and sometimes surreal homecoming experience of a lifetime.
Some review excerpts:
“This is a suffocating, suspenseful thriller about one man inexorably caught in a spiral of violence. The tense atmosphere is heightened by the author’s eye for detail, which make even a simple marketplace scene come alive, and remarkably render the sense of a vise closing around Weston." - Those Who Run With Wolves
“So I have to applaud the book for its unflinching look at humanity. At crime and punishment. It’s not really the most pleasant book to read (though the food is lovingly detailed and I want to try it all), nor the most uplifting. Nor is the ending all that satisfying in the traditional sense. But it all works. It works and it’s dark and it’s a definitely worth picking up and struggling with. And I’m off to get that drink.“ Nerds-Feather!
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Tade Thompson's roots are in Western Nigeria and South London. His short stories and essays have been published in small press, webzines and anthologies. Most recently, his story "Honourable Mention" appeared in Dangerous Games anthology from Solaris Books. He lives and works in South England. He is an occasional visual artist.
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